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Climate scientists to issue dire warnings
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.N. climate experts reportedly fear global warming might cause the Earth's temperature to rise far higher than now predicted.
The Geneva-based Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says scientists are unable to reliably predict how quickly the atmosphere will warm as carbon dioxide levels increase, The Guardian reported Tuesday.
The report will be presented to national governments in April. IPCC members meet in June to produce a final version of the report that's to be made public next year.
The IPCC previously estimated a doubling of carbon dioxide would...
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